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NatWest Three girl 'snatched' by mother

ONE of the former NatWest bankers facing a three-year jail term in the United States is asking for permission to return to Britain because his former wife has allegedly defied a court order by refusing to bring their six-year-old daughter back to the UK after taking her to Tunisia.

Gary Mulgrew, 45, is one of the "NatWest Three" extradited from Britain who last month pleaded guilty to a fraud charge related to the collapse of the US energy-trading giant Enron.

He is due to be sentenced in February, but is asking to return to Britain before then because he says his former wife Laura has taken their daughter Cara Katrina abroad.

In papers filed in a Houston court this weekend, Mulgrew says he needs to return for court proceedings and a meeting with government officials to safeguard the welfare of his daughter, who has been taken to live in Tunisia